| Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: August 31, 1997 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 60396 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Anthony Miller 12 pass from Troy Aikman (Richie Cunningham kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Michael Irvin 42 pass from Troy Aikman (Richie Cunningham kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 52 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Michael Irvin 15 pass from Troy Aikman (Richie Cunningham kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 24 FG | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Daryl Johnston 13 pass from Troy Aikman (Richie Cunningham kick) | 34 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Richie Cunningham 28 FG | 37 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mark Bruener 4 pass from Kordell Stewart (Norm Johnson kick) | 37 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 83 | WR | Anthony Miller |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 50 | C | Clay Shiver |
| 73 | ROG | Larry Allen |
| 79 | ROT | Erik Williams |
| 86 | TE | Eric Bjornson |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 22 | RB | Emmitt Smith |
| 48 | FB | Daryl Johnston |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Tony Tolbert |
| 75 | LDT | Tony Casillas |
| 95 | RDT | Chad Hennings |
| 98 | RDE | Shante Carver |
| 56 | SLB | Randall Godfrey |
| 55 | MLB | Fred Strickland |
| 52 | WLB | Dexter Coakley |
| 26 | LCB | Kevin Smith |
| 28 | SS | Darren Woodson |
| 31 | FS | Brock Marion |
| 21 | RCB | Deion Sanders |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Charles Johnson |
| 82 | WR | Yancey Thigpen |
| 65 | LOT | John Jackson |
| 77 | LOG | Will Wolford |
| 63 | C | Dermontti Dawson |
| 68 | ROG | Brenden Stai |
| 73 | ROT | Justin Strzelczyk |
| 87 | TE | Mark Bruener |
| 10 | QB | Kordell Stewart |
| 36 | RB | Jerome Bettis |
| 34 | FB | Tim Lester |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Nolan Harrison |
| 93 | NT | Joel Steed |
| 96 | RDE | Kevin Henry |
| 92 | LOLB | Jason Gildon |
| 99 | LILB | Levon Kirkland |
| 50 | RILB | Earl Holmes |
| 95 | ROLB | Greg Lloyd |
| 21 | LCB | Donnell Woolford |
| 37 | SS | Carnell Lake |
| 39 | FS | Darren Perry |
| 30 | RCB | Chad Scott |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 26 | 69 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Sherman Williams | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wade Wilson | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| George Jones | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Kordell Stewart | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 0 | 295 | 9.8 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Wade Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 1 | 104 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 53.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Irvin | 7 | 153 | 21.9 | 55 | 2 |
| Daryl Johnston | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Emmitt Smith | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Eric Bjornson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Yancey Thigpen | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4t | 1 |
| George Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dexter Coakley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Toby Gowin | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 8 | 375 | 46.9 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 2 | 1 | 45 | 22.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Will Blackwell | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 8 | 567 | 70.9 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Norm Johnson | 2 | 140 | 70.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Herschel Walker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Will Blackwell | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Mike Adams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Chad Hennings | 1.5 |
| Omar Stoutmire | 1.0 |
| Antonio Anderson | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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